A much quieter day today compared to yesterday. We actually had a free day so we just ended up doing a few things we hadn’t had time for.
I realised that I’d never seen an actual Kiwi bird, and even doing some walks it would be very unlikely I’d see one, as not only are they rare they are also nocturnal.
Lucky for me there is a Kiwi centre and native bird house less than 500m away, so we did that in the morning. Unfortunately we were not allowed to take pictures inside as the light would disturb the Kiwis.
At lunch we drove to Glenorchy and had lunch at the famous Mrs Woolly’s general store. The pies were fantastic! We then drove over to the other side of the Queenstown bay to Kelvin Beach for a look and stopped at a lookout for more pics on the way.
At the Golf course near Kelvin beach I saw the first gum trees I’ve seen in NZ. Also at the Kiwi centre they had a good discussion on all the issues invasive species have caused, although it’s somewhat confronting to hear wallabies, rainbow lorikeets and possums described as pests when they are all protected at home.
One thing we have noticed here in NZ is the amount of people hitchhiking. This is something I’ve not noticed at all in New South Wales for a long time. As Sharon pointed out that Ivan Milat killed that off both literally and figuratively.
Reminded me of the hitchhiking serial killer joke. A hitchhiker gets into a car and say to the driver : aren’t you concerned you could be picking up a serial killer ? The driver responds : The odds of there being two of us in the same car would be near impossible.
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